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What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency

Both Sides of the Table

We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office). We picked up their management team in Germany for free. We looked through their contracts, flew out to Germany and met with all their clients. million over 2 years that made us profitable in Germany from day 1.

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Frameworks Round 2

TechEmpower

A big thank you to all of you! We have indicated any frameworks that received community review or for which the tests were wholly contributed by the community with a ✓ flag after their name in the results tables.

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The One Word That Shouldn’t Exist in an Entrepreneur’s Vocabulary

Both Sides of the Table

I used to ask Deborah to book my travel plans in France and Germany were I went 1-2 times / month. If there was any society in which being a hustler was out of step with the norm is was England. Yet I was a foreigner so I got away with being different. There were online tools to book this stuff but the Internet booking sites were early.

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Top 10 Emerging Marketplaces for Chemical Industry in 2022

ReadWriteStart

CheMondis was founded in 2017 in Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany by David Kunisch (LANXESS). Chembid was established in 2016 in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany, by Chembid GmbH. Pinpools was established in 2016 in Haan, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany by Heribert-Josef Lakemeyer and Alexander Lakemeyer (PINPOOLS GmbH).

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I thought I was pretty sell suited to answer that question because having grown up in Northern California but lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain & Japan over 11 years I had seen quite a few societies and work environments.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

During World War II the United States did something its adversaries did not; it enlisted professors and graduate students as civilians in 105 colleges and universities to build advanced weapon systems — nuclear weapons, radar, etc.

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Social Music Streaming With Frenzapp Music

YoungUpstarts

He was also previously CTO of Vivendi Mobile Entertainment, which operates a subscription based PC/Mobile/TV service for music and movies in France and Germany. Bitsmedia currently develops iPhone applications for Universal Music in Europe and Australia.